DCb-Greensand: Aptian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Cuneocorbula arkelli n. sp.
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| "arkelli sp. nov." - originally entered as "Cuneocorbula arkelli sp. nov." | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Neomiodontidae
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Eomiodon sp.
Cox 1935
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cf. Eomiodon libanoticus
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| originally entered as "Eomiodon cf. libanoticus" | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Corbiculidae
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Filosina gregaria
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Nemocardium ibbetsoni
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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cf. Exogyra tuberculifera
Koch and Dunker 1837
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| recombined as Ceratostreon tuberculiferum | ||||||||||
| originally entered as "Exogyra cf. tuberculifera" | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cassiopidae
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Cassiope sp.
Coquand 1865
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Deshayesitidae
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Deshayesites forbesi
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aff. Deshayesites callidiscus
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| originally entered as "Deshayesites aff. callidiscus" | ||||||||||
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Deshayesites sp. n. sp.
Kazansky 1914
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| originally entered as "Deshayesites sp. nov." | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Douvilleiceratidae
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Roloboceras hambrovi
(Forbes 1845)
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Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | England |
| Coordinates: | 50.6° North, 2.0° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 40.3° North, 9.0° East | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Aptian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 3 | *Epoch: | Gallic |
| Key time interval: | Aptian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 121.40000 - 113.00000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Lower Greensand | Formation: | Atherfield Clay | ||
| Local section: | Dorset Coast | Local bed: | Punfield Marine Band | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: This 1ft. thick bed occurs between the Atherfield Clay and Ferruginous Sands and is correlative to the Crackers at Atherfield Point. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | carbonaceous "carbonate" |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 1773 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Patzkowsky | Enterer: | K. Layou |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-06-08 10:26:22 | Last modified: | 2021-05-24 15:58:03 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-06-08 10:26:22 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 47. | R. Casey. 1961. The stratigraphical palaeontology of the Lower Greensand. Palaeontology 3(4):487-621 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/M. Carrano] |